Surveys of Gower,

This material is held atNational Library of Wales / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru

  • Reference
    • GB 210 Llanstephan MS 198 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].
  • Alternative Id.
      (alternative) vtls006090205
  • Dates of Creation
    • [1598x1650].
  • Language of Material
    • English, Latin.
  • Physical Description
    • 84 pp., interleaved throughout.Half bound.Final page imperfect.Final page imperfect.
  • Location
    • DE/SOUTH SA/OPEN SHELVES
      ARCH/MSS (GB0210)

Scope and Content

A manuscript containing surveys of Gower in the time of Elizabeth I and of Oliver Cromwell. The first part of the volume contains a copy of a Survey of Gower Anglia, written in Latin and English, the original having being made around 1576-1578. The second part of the volume contains a copy of the Survey of the Seigniory of Gower, the text of which can be found in a Survey of Gower Anglica, pp. 1-94.
The text of Gower Anglica may be found, with certain variants and a few slight omissions, on pp. 97-121 of Surveys of Gower and Kilvey, which was issued as a supplemental volume by the Cambrian Archaeological Association in 1870. G. G. Francis, who edited the Surveys in 1861, superintended the binding in 1846.

Access Information

Access to the original manuscript by authorised permission only. Readers are directed to use surrogate copies.

Note

Preferred citation: Llanstephan MS 198 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].

Other Finding Aids

J. Gwenogvryn Evans, Report on Manuscripts in the Welsh Language, vol. II, part II (London, 1903), p. 782.

Alternative Form Available

Available on microfilm at the Library.

Conditions Governing Use

Usual copyright laws apply.

Custodial History

The manuscript formerly belonged to Griffith Llewellyn of Baglan Hall, Neath.

Additional Information

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